Today we take a look at creating Apple Loops, Unmarked Loops, the Loop Browser, and some related updates. With the influx of new content and templates, as well as some improvements to Apple’s smooth tempo and pitch audio format infrastructure in Update 10.5, it’s time to give a refresher. The introduction of the new Live Loops environment, along with Step Sequencer templates and more, makes creating custom Apple Loops, understanding how untagged content works, and being able to take advantage of this wealth of free content even more. useful.
After getting to grips with our Plugin Manager and taking a closer look at how to move and organize our Logic sound library last time around, it’s only fitting that we re-enable our connection with Logic Pro’s built-in sound browser and loops. Apple Loops. With Logic Pro X 10.5, 2,500 new loops and over 150 step sequencer templates brought the total number of items available for creation in the LPX Loop Browser to just under 26,000 loops, patterns, parts MIDI, etc. All of them are completely free of rights and ready for your projects. Needless to say, understanding how all of this potentially wonderful content can work for you might be a good idea, if not particularly useful. Even if using Apple Loops “isn’t your thing”, creating your own Apple Loops, integrating your custom / favorite third-party sound libraries / packs, and turning everything into custom software sampler instruments could be. .
As a reminder, Apple Loops are not your average WAV or MP3 file. While similar to these, they have special built-in information that allows for some sort of elastic tempo and pitch, among other things. They can then be auditioned and dragged from the Loop Browser to our projects – automatically matching tempo and key, or not – on the new Sampler / Quick Sampler, and more. We can turn just about any edited audio file that we find into an Apple Loop for future use as part of our Loop Browser library or just bulk dump typical audio file loops in the browser as only unmarked loops (more info below).
And Apple has released a number of minor fixes and quality of life tweaks for Apple Loops and the Loop Browser as part of the Logic Pro X 10.5 update. These range from adding flex-based transients for regions like Apple Loops, to improvements to unmarked loops, and much more. There you will also find the new collection of Step Sequencer templates as well as a new search option for them when you click on the Loop Type icon (see above). But the most important addition here for us would have to be the ability to simultaneously drag a variety of audio and MIDI regions to the Loop Browser.
Creating Apple Loops:
You can create Apple Loops from audio, MIDI, and pattern regions in a Logic Pro session in several ways. Creating a custom loop will add it to your Loop Browser library where it will remain available in all of your Logic Pro X projects. Below are a few ways to do this, but the easiest method is usually to type whatever you want and drop it directly into the loop browser or select your regions and just press Ctrl + Shift + O (not zero):
- Drag regions in the loop browser
- File> Export> Region / Loop Cell Library
- Control-click the regions you want to display the context menu, then tap Export> Add to Loop Library
- Select the desired regions and press Ctrl + Shift + O (not zero)
Add a region to the Apple Loops library:
You will then be presented with the Add Region to Apple Loops Library dialog window. While you might be tempted to skip adding information to your loops, it’s a good idea to quickly fill out the details here to make sure your new content remains highly searchable and organized in your library. Here are some things to watch out for during this process:
Apple Buckle Type – If the Type options just below the Name field are grayed out, it is usually because the loop in question is not edited or cut into an integer number of bars, for example four or eight bars / beats. In this case, the newly created loop can only be a single hit that ignores the tempo data and maintains a fixed duration. A quick edit ensuring that the desired region is well edited on a measure or beat in the project will do the trick. If you’re looking to avoid this and need more help with the process, here are some editing techniques to consider.
Loop families – Many Apple Loops included with Logic Pro X do this as families – small sets of more than one / a few loops that go well with each other or are slight variations on the same part, for example. We can also create Apple Loops in this way using a simple naming convention in the appropriate field. If you want to store a set of drum loops in your loop browser, just use the same name followed by consecutive numbers: Drum Loop 01, Drum Loop 02, Drum Loop 03, etc.
Apple audio loops – When you drag a MIDI region from a software instrument track to the Loop browser to create Apple Loops, the next loop will remain as it is and load the original software instrument, plug-ins from effects and routing when dragged into other projects from the loop. Navigator. In the other direction, all pattern-based and MIDI-based Apple Loops will automatically become an audio region when dropped onto an audio track (with all effects and routing built in).
Where to find your Apple Loops – Once you click Create and your new Apple Loops are automatically loaded into the Loop Browser, they are saved to the User Library. You can find them just like any other Apple Loop – via the Loop Browser’s extensive search functions – or by clicking on the Loop Packs menu at the top and going to the My Loops Pack.
Unmarked loops:
Untagged Loops is Logic Pro’s system for adding just about any WAV / audio file to the Loop Browser without turning it into an Apple Loop. This can be handy for using the workflow potential of the Loop Browser with large sample packs / third party loops etc. While you can manually drop each of these files onto the timeline and follow the process above to create Apple Loops, it can be particularly tedious. And this is where unmarked curls come in handy.
While the files added to the Loop Browser as unmarked loops do not offer all the same functionality as Apple Loops, they remain fluid and are an integral part of your sound arsenal.
By simply dragging certain WAV files / loops from Finder to the Loop Browser, Logic Pro automatically creates a new tab for unmarked loops directly above the Loop Browser and starts collecting those Apple loops not quite accordingly. . Adding / creating unmarked loops is not the same as creating Apple Loops. But now you can access these audio clips like any other, listen to them in your project with a similar smooth tempo, or not. By right-clicking on any of these untagged loops in the Loop Browser, you can choose to preview them at the current project tempo or at the original speed.
I have found this to be a great way to incorporate sound packs, sample / loop libraries, and collaborator parts directly into my workflow and everyday sound palette. Not to mention the immediate availability of all of these sound sources to the new drag-and-drop functionality of the Sampler instrument – subsequently opening up another massive number of new software instrument possibilities every time you drag a new loop pack. in your system.
Finally, just a quick note on reindexing: If you move any of the loops in your Loop Browser from their existing location on your system (or from external components), you may need to reindex the Apple Loops library to reconnect. In the same Loop Packs context menu mentioned above, you will see the Reindex all loops option which should take care of it.
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